From the Board Ep 9

Alright! We got the tickets, parking money, a flask, a couple joints and ate before the show. We’re ready for a goddamn concert! In episode 9 of our “live” music programme From the Board we’ve got 2 dozen classic live tracks for your ass. This time we’re featuring all the great “live” records you bought […]

From the Board Ep 8: Live at Woodstock

For a couple of days in August 1969 about three hundred thousand dirty hippies occupied a rural upstate New York farming community . . . people died, people were born, brown acid was eaten and some of the greatest rock and roll ever played before a live audience happened. In the eighth edition of our […]

From The Board Ep 7 Coffee House Folk

Through smoke and haze, the aroma of cappuccino (there’s also espresso, if you prefer) and something that doesn’t smell like tobacco, is a dusty stage with a single microphone and a stool. A singer with bad skin and bad clothes is warbling an old folk song about a train ride through snowy mountains and hitchhiking on an […]

From The Board Ep 6 (200th show)

200TH EPISODE! 200TH EPISODE!! 200TH EPISODE!!! This program is a milestone in the history of BalconyRadio. We’ve reached our Bicentennial. 199 shows ago we were just beginning to crawl out of the internet digital stew as a little stream trickling through some cheap software. Now we’ve reached a special birthday and we’re going to ring […]

From The Board Ep 5

We’ve all done it . . . we all heard the lead singer say, “Here’s one from the new record,” and then head off to the bathroom or to track down a $14 beer. But, that’s part of the joy of going to concert. (Along with contact highs and ringing ears.) In episode 5 of […]

From The Board Ep 4

“Bootlegger”? That’s such a twentieth century term . . . we like the phrase “Music Awareness Sharer.” Join us, will you, for our fourth session of listening to live music: From the Board. In this episode we play all the jams that you heard while standing in line for the porta potty . . . 

From The Board Ep 3

A good live recording can bring out the best in a band. We’ve selected some truly great performances from venues and studios coast to coast. We’ve searched high and low across the great electron and proton superhighway and filtered out the fat and cut to the bone. It’s live, it’s raw, it’s on stage, now […]

From The Board Ep 2

If it’s live, it’s better than Memorex. And we have a great show here. This is Episode 2 of From The Board. All live, all the time from stadiums and studios around the world . . . We listen to some great live music played with verve and spontaneity. Please have your tickets ready for proper […]

From The Board Ep 1

Here are some recordings that make you feel like you are there. We didn’t sneak the recording equipment in ourselves. Honestly . . . Don’t let the guy check our bag!  The first episode is an old fashioned soul revue show. Now do yourself a favor and buy some music. Click the link to check […]